The Rise of Intelligent Robotics
online, on-demand
Where AI Meets Automation
Robotics is transforming the way we live and work. In today’s fast-paced industrial landscape, robots are not only enhancing productivity — they’re also reshaping how tasks are performed across factories, warehouses, and logistics hubs.
Join Avnet Silica and its leading technology partners as we explore the key drivers of this revolution:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Humanoid robotics
- Sustainability and energy efficiency
- Labor shortages and automation demand
Discover how various forms of AI — from generative to analytical to physical — are enabling robots to adapt, learn, and operate in increasingly complex environments. While humanoid robots are gaining momentum as general-purpose tools, many industrial players are actively exploring and testing their use in focused, single-task applications.
We’ll showcase the latest advancements in:
- Collaborative and autonomous robotics
- AI-driven vision systems and real-time sensor fusion
- Edge computing and motion control
- Intelligent automation and seamless connectivity
Whether you're an engineer, system architect, or innovation leader, this webinar will provide actionable insights and real-world solutions that can elevate your robotics strategy. Stay until the end of each session for a live Q&A — your opportunity to ask questions directly to the experts.
Agenda
Day 1: 21st May 2025
- 10:00 CET - Intro (Avnet Silica)
- 10:05 CET - Generative AI Meets Robotics (Avnet Silica)
- 10:55 CET - Complete Robotics Solution using AMD FPGA, SoC, x86, and Software Innovations (AMD)
- 13:30 CET - Integrating Robots into Life: Core Technologies and Solutions (Renesas)
- 14:20 CET - Future of Robotics: Solutions, Implementations and Technologies (onsemi)
- 15:10 CET - Success Story: Functionaly safe drive technology module for a Cobot (Mesco)
Day 2: 22nd May 2025
- 09:30 CET - Intro (Avnet Silica)
- 09:35 CET - The Embedded Future of Robotics with TRIA
- 10:25 CET - Smart Robotics with PolarFire FPGAs (Microchip)
- 11:15 CET - Translating AI Language to Robotics: STMicroelectronics' Approach to Smart Industrials (STMicroelectronics)
- 13:30 CET - The Monolithic Power Systems Approach to Humanoid Robot Design (MPS)
- 14:20 CET - Simplifying robotics designs with NXP
- 15:10 CET - Highly efficient motor control for Robotics design (Nexperia)
Partners
Topics
Day 1 – 21st May 2025
Intro
10:00 CET
Presenter: Gabriel Meier
Generative AI Meets Robotics (Avnet Silica)
10:05 CET
Presenter: Michaël Uyttersprot
This session explores the transformative impact of Generative AI, focusing on the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into robotics systems. By examining practical use cases, we will demonstrate how implementing LLMs and speech-to-speech technologies can enhance the functionality and efficiency of robotics systems.
Complete Robotics Solution using AMD FPGA, SoC, x86, and Software Innovations (AMD)
10:55 CET
Presenter: Jasvinder Khurana
This webinar provides an in-depth exploration of robotics through the lens of AMD’s innovative technologies, offering valuable insights for robotics developers and industry professionals. As robotics applications become increasingly complex, selecting the right hardware and software solutions is crucial for achieving high performance, real-time determinism, and efficient AI integration. AMD’s comprehensive portfolio, including FPGA, SoC, SOM, and x86 platforms, is uniquely positioned to address these challenges, enabling robotics systems to optimize performance, power efficiency, and scalability.
Integrating Robots into Life: Core Technologies and Solutions (Renesas)
13:30 CET
Presenter: Romina Amini and Arno Stock
Renesas Electronics provides leading edge solutions for all base technologies like sensing, eAI, motor control and HMI needed to build advanced robot solutions seamlessly interacting with humans to support their life and daily work. In this webinar we will give a high-level overview based on two working demos and let you discover the Renesas products behind.
Future of Robotics: Solutions, Implementations and Technologies (onsemi)
14:20 CET
Presenter: Bob Card
This webinar explores how mobile robots enhance multiple markets and applications by leveraging leading edge “Sensor Fusion” technologies to achieve successful, autonomous, self-navigation through surrounding environments, or SLAM (Simultaneous Location and Mapping). Focus technologies include, but are not limited to, image sensors, motor drive, inductive position sensors, ultrasonic, as well as communication and power.
Success Story: Functionaly safe drive technology module for a Cobot (MESCO)
15:10 CET
Presenter: Peter Bernhardt
Functional safety in robotic drives is essential to ensuring the reliable and safe operation of robots, particularly in human-interactive and mission-critical environments. This success story presentation details the development and implementation of a functionally safe drive technology module for collaborative robots (cobots), setting new industry benchmarks. The creation of the Safety Drive underscores the integration of procedural measures, technical expertise and design innovations, reflecting a strong commitment to the highest safety standards. The resulting product meets certified functional safety requirements in compliance with IEC 61508 (SIL3), EN ISO 13849 (PL-e), and IEC 61800-5-2.
Day 2 – 22nd May 2025
Intro (Avnet Silica)
09:30 CET
Presenter: Gabriel Meier
The Embedded Future of Robotics with TRIA
09:35 CET
Presenter: Bevan Braude
Join Bevan Braude for insights into the latest embedded technologies and solutions for Robotics applications. This session covers advancements in system design and AI technology, offering a vision for the next generation of Robotics innovation.
Smart Robotics with PolarFire FPGAs (Microchip)
10:25 CET
Presenter: Brian Colgan
Join us for an insightful webinar on "Smart Robotics with PolarFire FPGAs," where we delve into the latest advancements and solutions in modern robotics. This session will cover the key challenges faced in the robotics industry and how the PolarFire family of FPGAs addresses these issues with innovative technology.
Translating AI Language to Robotics: STMicroelectronics' Approach to Smart Industrials (STMicroelectronics)
11:15 CET
Presenter: Allan Lagasca
Allan Lagasca, Head of Automation Competence Center Asia, will explore in this presentation how STMicroelectronics is translating AI language into practical robotics applications, focusing on five primary system blocks plus AI, Safety, Security, and Power. He will demonstrate the integration of ST technologies such as microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators into robotics systems. Practical use cases will illustrate the translation of AI into automation language, showcasing real-world applications. Finally, Allan will highlight ST's investments and future directions in the robotics field.
The Monolithic Power Systems Approach to Humanoid Robot Design (MPS)
13:30 CET
Presenter: Saraswathi Geetharadha and Pournima Shinde
In this webinar, we will discuss the vital role that power solutions play in humanoid robots and how Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) offers an excellent portfolio for these applications.
Simplifying robotics designs with NXP
14:20 CET
Presenter: Rodrigue Simonneau
Driven by workforce demographical changes and recent innovation breakthroughs, robotics is gaining a huge momentum in many industrial sectors. This webinar will show you how NXP contributes and innovates in robotics with a wide range of products. Safety processors, multi-axis drives and industrial protocols as well as high compute SOCs for AI supported vision applications are just a few of many NXP technologies enabling autonomous and collaborative robots for the industry.
Highly efficient motor control for Robotics design (Nexperia)
15:10 CET
Presenter: Davide De Marco
Explore Nexperia's solutions for motor control in robotics. Currently, the design usually focuses on efficient performance with cost-competitiveness of Power MOSFETs and gate drivers. The future of motor control however lies in GaN technology with high power density, compact size and faster switching. Discuss with us how to make the best design choices for your next robotics design.
Speakers
Head of Automation Competence Center Asia
Allan Lagasca is the global leader of the Smart Industrials Segment organization and Head of the Automation Competence Center in Asia.
Allan Joined ST in 2003 as a Senior Application Engineer for the Discrete Group in Taiwan. He became FAE Manager for the Taiwanese team in 2006, then became the Regional FAE Manager for Greater China, South Asia, and India in 2011. In 2014, he moved to Shenzhen and became Application Director of System Engineering and Strategic Programs with major investment in Motor Control and Smart Metering applications. He holds the position of Application Director to date with the team increasing its presence in Factory Automation, Smart Home & Building Automation and expanding to Medical and Healthcare systems. Allan started his career in Astec / Emerson with career experience of more than 25 years in Electronics and Semiconductor Industry.
Allan Lagasca was born in Philippines, in 1973, and graduated with a dual degree in Electronic and Communications Engineering from St. Louis University, Philippines (A Belgium-affiliated University).
Business Development Manager EMEA
Arno Stock promotes Renesas solutions for Industrial Ethernet, Motor Control, Security, and functional Safety as Business Development Manager for the EMEA region. He joined the company in 1998 as a system design engineer for customized automotive MCU developments.
Manager Vertical Markets
Bevan is a veteran in solution design, having worked on projects for a huge number of multinational OEMs in his roles as Business Development Manager and Vertical Market Lead. He has presented on AI, IoT, system design and more.
Marketing Manager, Analog Mixed Signal Group (AMG)
Bob Card has over 30 years of experience in the Semiconductor Industry, tackling applications like; Robotics, BLDC, Li-ion Battery Management and Charging, USB-C/PD, 10BASE-T1S, Gate Drivers, Inductive Position Sensors, Wireless/Wired Communications, Authentication, SMPS, DCDC, PoE. Bob has 12 US patents and multiple publications and blogs.
Business Development Manager, FPGA Product Marketing
Brian has many years’ experience in the semiconductor industry, previously working in Xilinx’s research lab; as sales representative for Cypress Semiconductor; and as an FPGA FAE at EPS Global. He is currently a Business Development Manager in the FPGA Business Unit at Microchip Technology where he supports customers throughout Europe. Brian has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Computer Engineering from the Dublin Institute of Technology (now TU Dublin).
Field Application Engineer
Davide is an experienced Field application engineer with a passion in power electronic and in the electrification industry. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Politecnico de Milano university.
Market Semgment Manager Smart Industry
Robotics & Vision System Architect
Jasvinder Khurana is a Robotics & Vision System architect in the AMD Industrial, Vision, Healthcare & Sciences (IVH) business unit. He brings a wealth of expertise in software development with over 15 years of experience in areas like 3D graphics rendering, Computer Vision, AI and hardware acceleration. His current role is focused on bringing optimized robotics solutions to the roboticists and is leading the effort of developing Kria Robotics Stack aka KRS at AMD. He believes in the importance of collaboration and community, and actively seek out opportunities to inspire and mentor the next generation of innovators.
Manager AI/ML & Vision, EMEA
Michaël Uyttersprot is Manager for AI in EMEA at Avnet Silica. With 25 years of industry experience, he began his career as a robotics engineer, specializing in the development of intelligent systems. His focus now includes embedded vision, deep learning, and generative AI.
Head of Marketing & Sales, MESCO Engineering GmbH
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Peter Bernhardt is Sales and Marketing Manager at MESCO Engineering GmbH, Lörrach. MESCO Engineering is a development service provider for customized hardware and software developments for process and automation devices.
The main focus is on industrial communication, functional safety and explosion protection. Mr. Bernhardt supports MESCO key accounts and also provides support as a consultant in technical workshops and seminars.
MPS Associate FAE
MPS Associate FAE
Application work in the lab: specifically evaluates MPS products for efficiency, thermal behavior, and control loop measurements (bode plot and load step).
Works with mass market customers through MPS NOW online portal.
Supports customers by analyzing PCBs developed with MPS products. Propses solutions such as layout recommendations, and component and product selection.
i.MX Specialist – Industrial Applications
Located in Frankfurt am Main, technical support of i.MX Products for over 14 years. M. Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Major in VLSI Design.
Business Development Engineer
Romina Amini is a Business Development Engineer at Renesas, and she promotes AI/ML solutions across various fields including real-time analytics, AI vision, and voice user interfaces. She joined the company in 2019 as a student.
MPS Associate FAE
MPS Associate FAE
Application work in the lab: specifically evaluates MPS products for efficiency, thermal behavior, and control loop measurements (bode plot and load step), as well as experience in developing DC/DC converter layouts using Altium.
Works with mass market customers through MPS NOW online portal.
Supports customers by analyzing PCBs developed with MPS products. Propses solutions such as layout recommendations, and component and product selection.
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